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− | * http://www.nature.com/news/us-reviews-plan-to-infect-mosquitoes-with-bacteria-to-stop-disease-1.19967 | + | * [http://www.nature.com/news/us-reviews-plan-to-infect-mosquitoes-with-bacteria-to-stop-disease-1.19967 US reviews plan to infect mosquitoes with bacteria to stop disease] Emily Waltz ''Nature News'' May 24, 2016. |
− | * https://www.wired.com/2016/08/california-city-fending-off-zika-releasing-40000-mosquitoes-every-week/ | + | * [https://www.wired.com/2016/08/california-city-fending-off-zika-releasing-40000-mosquitoes-every-week/ A California City Is Fending Off Zika by Releasing 40,000 Mosquitoes Every Week] Sarah Zhang ''Wired'' Aug. 4, 2016. |
− | * https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-tiny-bacterium-called-wolbachia-could-defeat-dengue/ | + | * [https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-tiny-bacterium-called-wolbachia-could-defeat-dengue/ How a Tiny Bacterium Called Wolbachia Could Defeat Dengue] Scott O'Neill ''Scientific American'' June 1, 2015. |
− | * | + | * Frentiu F.D., et al. (2014) [Limited Dengue Virus Replication in Field-Collected ''Aedes aegypti'' Mosquitoes Infected with ''Wolbachia'']. ''PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis.'' '''8''':1–10. |
== Medea Gene Drive Czar == | == Medea Gene Drive Czar == |
Revision as of 15:51, 7 November 2016
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Everyone: Overview
Required Reading/Viewing
- How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood Deep Look via YouTube. Jun 7, 2016.
- Video of Bill Gates Releasing Mosquitoes Into Audience TED Talk excerpt on YouTube. Jul 8, 2009.
- Mosquito Is Next Weapon to Fight Malaria Caroline Chen Bloomberg News June 16, 2016.
Watch the 4 minute video at the top of the page. - Gene drives spread their wings Tina Saey Science News Dec 2, 1025.
- Gene Drives on the Horizon: Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty, and Aligning Research with Public Values The National Academy of Sciences Report
Look at the "4 Page report in Brief".
Additional Resources
- Burt A. (2003) Site-specific selfish genes as tools for the control and genetic engineering of natural populations. Proc. Biol. Sci. 270:921–928.
Early paper discussing general concept and issues of gene drives.
Wolbachia Czar
Required Reading/Viewing
- US reviews plan to infect mosquitoes with bacteria to stop disease Emily Waltz Nature News May 24, 2016.
- A California City Is Fending Off Zika by Releasing 40,000 Mosquitoes Every Week Sarah Zhang Wired Aug. 4, 2016.
- How a Tiny Bacterium Called Wolbachia Could Defeat Dengue Scott O'Neill Scientific American June 1, 2015.
- Frentiu F.D., et al. (2014) [Limited Dengue Virus Replication in Field-Collected Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Infected with Wolbachia]. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 8:1–10.
Medea Gene Drive Czar
- Akbari, OS., et al. (2014) Novel synthetic Medea selfish genetic elements drive population replacement in Drosophila; a theoretical exploration of Medea-dependent population suppression. ACS Synthetic Biology 3:915–928.
- Akbari OS, et al. (2013) A synthetic gene drive system for local, reversible modification and suppression of insect populations. Curr Biol. 23:671-677.
- Wimmer EA. (2013) Comment: Insect biotechnology: controllable replacement of disease vectors. Curr Biol. 23:R453-R456.
Additional Resources
- Champer J, Buchman A, Akbari OS. (2016) Cheating evolution: engineering gene drives to manipulate the fate of wild populations. Nat. Rev. Genet. 17:146–159.
Gene Drive Ethics Czar
Required Reading/Viewing
- Oye K.A., et al. (2014) Biotechnology. Regulating gene drives. Science 345:626–628.
- Esvelt K.M., et al. Concerning RNA-guided gene drives for the alteration of wild populations. Elife 3:e03401.